You know you're from Ohio when...

[ForkedTung]

I had to steal your idea Eric, I think Ohio makes a good contrast to our Southern Brothers and Sisters.

You know you're from Ohio when...

You 'accidentally' voted for Bush in '01...

(for those near Canton) You live 10 minutes away from the Pro Football Hall of Fame, yet have never been there...This is actually true of myself, except I live about five minutes max.

You hate drivers from Michigan...

You miss going to the flats in Cleveland (Clevesburg), even though you know someone who got shot there...

You think the state flower is a 4 foot high orange plastic cylinder they plant along all the highways...

You know someone who thinks that driving to Pittsburgh to go to IKEA is a "fun weekend"...

You miss Sea-World, even though it rained every time you ever went...

You know all 4 seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter and Construction.

“Toward the lake” means “north” and “toward the river” means “south.”

You know if other Ohioans are from central, southern or northern Ohio as soon as they open their mouths.

You know that the Northerners are from "O-Hi-O" and southerners are from "ah-hi-uh".

You can spell words like Cuyahoga, Olentangy,Tuscarawas, Wapakoneta and Ashtabula ( and the correct pronunciation), and you know which letter is doubled in “Cincinnati.”

You know what game they’re playing when the Mud Hens take on the Clippers.

Even though you live in the NE part of the country and are in Eastern standard time you tell everyone you live in the Midwest

Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.

You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: “Where’s my coat at?”

You think of the major four food groups as beef, pork, beer, and Jell-O salad with mini marshmallows.

You expect rain, sleet and/or snow on Halloween, and Christmas to be 70 degrees and sunny.

The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page but requires 6 pages for sports.

You know how to cut a parking lot doughnut for killer spin velocity.

You measure distance in minutes.

You’ve had 3.2% beer.

"Down South" to you means Kentucky

You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day

You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

You think everyone else has an accent.

"Vacation" means spending a day at Cedar Point in the summer and deer hunting in the fall.

You know what 'pop' is.

You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie.

You find -20 degrees F "a little chilly"

You just said "yup" and "uh-huh" to most of these...

 

[K. Rene]

This is hilarious, I'm totally doing it for Oregon

 

[tsst]

I had to steal your idea Eric, I think Ohio makes a good contrast to our Southern Brothers and Sisters.

You know you're from Ohio when...

You 'accidentally' voted for Bush in '01... or Obama in '08

(for those near Canton) You live 10 minutes away from the Pro Football Hall of Fame, yet have never been there...This is actually true of myself, except I live about five minutes max.

You hate drivers from Michigan... yup along with the whole state of Michigan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhNqhwAiYn4

You miss going to the flats in Cleveland (Clevesburg), even though you know someone who got shot there... uh-huh

You think the state flower is a 4 foot high orange plastic cylinder they plant along all the highways... yup

You know someone who thinks that driving to Pittsburgh to go to IKEA is a "fun weekend"...

You miss Sea-World, even though it rained every time you ever went... uh-huh

You know all 4 seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter and Construction. yup

“Toward the lake” means “north” and “toward the river” means “south.” uh-huh

You know if other Ohioans are from central, southern or northern Ohio as soon as they open their mouths. yup

You know that the Northerners are from "O-Hi-O" and southerners are from "ah-hi-uh". uh-huh

You can spell words like Cuyahoga, Olentangy,Tuscarawas, Wapakoneta and Ashtabula ( and the correct pronunciation), and you know which letter is doubled in “Cincinnati.” yup and know someone from most of them

You know what game they’re playing when the Mud Hens take on the Clippers. uh-huh baseball

Even though you live in the NE part of the country and are in Eastern standard time you tell everyone you live in the Midwest yup

Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow. uh-huh

You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: “Where’s my coat at?” yup

You think of the major four food groups as beef, pork, beer, and Jell-O salad with mini marshmallows. uh-huh and brats for dessert

You expect rain, sleet and/or snow on Halloween, and Christmas to be 70 degrees and sunny. yup

The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page but requires 6 pages for sports. uh-huh and you know what to say when someone shouts O...H...

You know how to cut a parking lot doughnut for killer spin velocity. yup and have attempted to write your name in the snow also (with or without a car):grin01:

You measure distance in minutes. uh-huh

You’ve had 3.2% beer. yup

"Down South" to you means Kentucky uh-huh

You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day yup (global warming)

You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked. uh-huh guilty

You think everyone else has an accent. yup

"Vacation" means spending a day at Cedar Point in the summer and deer hunting in the fall. uh-huh

You know what 'pop' is. yup wife drinks too much of it

You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie. uh-huh

You find -20 degrees F "a little chilly" yup and start wearing shorts when its in the 50s

You just said "yup" and "uh-huh" to most of these...

Great post Kyle.

 

[airenlow]

I've only been here 6 years, but most of these still apply to me. Why do Cinci people have such a funky accent? Even if they are from the city they talk like a hillbilly from Kentucky. Michigan drivers *are* horrible!

 

[LBoz]

And you know you're from Columbus when:


•The fact that the German Village Oktoberfest is in September (and not in German Village...) seems perfectly normal.

•You beam with pride that we're the hometown of Wendy's, White Castle, Rax Roast Beef, Bob Evans and & Donato's. But you wonder why we're the 8th fattest city in America.

•You remember very vividly City Center & Northland.

•You know how to pronounce Scioto and Olentangy.

•You go to The Memorial Tournament at Muirfield just to see and be seen, and you've been rained on there at least once.

•You see nothing unusual about a street being called East North Broadway.

•You live in the suburbs but your backyard was actually a cornfield last year. That complex on the corner with the CVS, Blockbuster and Kroger? That was a cornfield last year, too!

•As you lament the loss of all those cornfields, you see the infinite wisdom of Dublin City Council, who spent over $60,000 on a field of 10' concrete corn ears.

•You know all of the 4 seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter and Construction.

•You drive 3 hours to see Red White & Boom for 15 minutes...and 4 hours back. But you live 12 minutes away.

•You know what a real buckeye is and have a recipe for the candy ones.

•You take it for granted that screaming "O-H"...anytime, anywhere...will get a reply from a stranger saying "I-O"!

•You don't consider it terribly strange that The Dispatch covers national and international news in a page or two...but requires 6 pages for sports (and 3 of those just for the Bucks).

•You consider going to the Zoo in winter VERY normal...and we're talking real winter...ice and snow and stuff...not just the month of December. And you stopped noticing Jack Hanna's lisp years ago.

•You have a Buckeye necklace.

•You think 45 degree weather is justification enough to stop through the car wash!

•You get chills when you hear Carmen Ohio.

•You know that Wyandot Lake is NOT a body of water, and Mad River Mountain is not really a mountain.

•You say Kroger's...although proper english would be Kroger.

•You can see a building downtown...but you can't get there due to 500 million one-way streets!

•You consider this weather pretty much normal:
Monday: 30 degrees
Tuesday: 70 degrees
Wednesday: 45 degrees and humid
Thursday: -10 wind chill
Friday: 80 degrees and sunny

•Though there's not a snowball's chance...the guys like to pretend that all those Victoria's Secret models actually live here, just because the company's based here.

•You take it as a matter of fact that if you don't like the weather today...stick around, it'll change!

•One out of every 5 cars has something Buckeye on it.

•You remember Flippo and Luci's Toy Shop

•Your big Christmas event as a kid was seeing the window decorations and visiting Santa at Downtown Lazarus

•You were surprised that there is ANOTHER Hoover Dam in the country

•You know full well that people drive 10 mph with the first dusting of snow and 65 mph with 2 feet of snow

•You've never even stopped to question the fact that a bunch of businesses close down on every OSU football game day.

•You know what The Hospital Curve is

•You think the standard protocol for a tornado warning is...to grab lawn chairs and head for the front porch.

•You drive down 670 with your windows open to smell the fresh bread from the Wonder Bread factory and the cinnamon rolls from the Kroger bakery

•You think there's nothing strange about the city of Westerville being Northeast of Columbus

•You're fully confident that the word Columbus should always be followed by Ohio.

 

[ArpeggioAngel]

Having grown up in Ohio - in Cleveland - I can certainly relate to a lot of these and have a few more to add - specifically Cleveland based:

Your idea of fine cuisine includes keilbasa and Stroh’s beer.

You think the Antichrist walks among us and moved to Baltimore in 1995.

You believe plastic lawn flamingos are essential in any landscaping project.

Your second car is completely dissolved by salt by the time April rolls around.

The phrase “lake effect” strikes terror in your heart.

Party music involves an accordion.

You always knew you lived in the Rock n Roll Capital of the World.

Tourists ask you what time the river catches fire.

You believe the Second Coming meant the Browns returning in 1999.

You hear there are always famous people in town, but you have never seen one.

You take credit for Cedar Point even though it is 2 hours away.

The Tri-C jingle “students for life” scares the hell out of you.

You take Dead Man’s Curve at 60 mph holding your breath.

You know about the Eastside/Westside rivalry, but don’t really understand it.

“Good Morning from the Buzzard Morning Zoo” is a jingle you’ll never forget.

You see Christmas lights still up in July

You find yourself singing “Garfield 1-2323″ in the shower.

You’re still dumbfounded by the Leaping Fountain in Tower City.

You have never ridden in a taxi.

You wear shorts the first day of the year it isn’t below 30 and snowing, just because you can.

You have gotten 3 speeding tickets, and they are all from the mile long stretch of a suburb named Linndale.


You know who the Jake really is.

You hate Baltimore and you have never been there.

St. Patty’s Day is your number one holiday, and you aren’t Irish.

You’re still relishing 1987 when we ALMOST made it to the Super Bowl.


You’re Polish.–So true!!!

Stories of Little Italy still send chills down your spine.

At least half of your wardrobe is Tribe apparel.

You thought the Drew Carey Show was great because it dealt with real world issues…..like how Clevelander’s actually lived.

It’s -10 degrees, 2 feet of snow, school busses are sliding on the road, and you don’t get a snow day (thats mainly for Mentor, Willoughby, and Eastlake kids!)

It’s only soda if it’s orange or grape soda, otherwise it’s pop.

It’s dinner, not supper.

We are home to The Drive, The Fumble, The Shot, and Red Right 88.

We are the reason stadiums don’t have glass bottles.

You laugh when someone tells you Lake Erie isn’t polluted.

You are used to the dead fish smell after it rains.

The Dawg Pound is heaven.

We know the Browns suck, the Indians sorta suck, and we haven’t won a championship in over 40 years. But we’ve got LeBron so we don’t care.


Lake effect snow is a given

Our river caught on fire not once, but 3 times.

 

[pwargcm]

lol. i just moved here in july. and i was born and raised most of my life outside of pittsburgh. when moving here one of my uncles asked why i was moving to a "far away place". i was confused. now i see how ohio is so varied by its surrounding borders. funny but awesome at the same time.

 

[reptile_jones]

•You consider going to the Zoo in winter VERY normal...and we're talking real winter...ice and snow and stuff...not just the month of December. And you stopped noticing Jack Hanna's lisp years ago.

Why not if you have a year membership!? That is why they call it Frozentoesen.

 

[raynefyre]

You must pass reputation around before giving it to Kyle again.

Darn, lol. Kyle you totally hit the nail on the head.
<--- guilty of pretty much all the above. lol.